Heritage Archive
(June 2019)

23 June 2019

Passion for adventure

It’s 50 years since man first landed on the moon and Kate Chapman explains how one Lincolnshire explorer was privileged to be among those gathered to celebrate the historic occasion at a special gala in New York alongside some of the crew. Andrew Pearce is an advocate of making the impossible possible and has an Read more…

11 June 2019

Learning from Kiwi crops

Two Lincolnshire farmers were among those who won a place on a once in a lifetime trip to New Zealand. They tell Kate Chapman about the ways in which farmers over there are pushing their crop yields. Both Simon Lord, from Hough-on-the-Hill, near Grantham, and Tim Beaver, who farms at Duddington, near Stamford, were part Read more…

Farm gates open to the public

Get Closer to Farming is the theme of this year’s LEAF Open Farm Sunday. Kate Chapman speaks to manager Annabel Shackleton about the opportunities available to visitors and the importance of public involvement in supporting the countryside. Now in its 14th year, LEAF Open Farm Sunday (Sunday 9th June) will see farmers nationwide opening their Read more…

5 June 2019

Pleasures of the county coastline

The east coast of Lincolnshire from the Humber estuary to the marshlands of the Wash has seen a boost in visitor numbers. Glynis Fox looks at how leisure attractions are gearing up for another busy summer season. Major settlements on the Coast include the seaside resorts of Cleethorpes, Mablethorpe with Sutton on Sea, Ingoldmells and Read more…

Harlaxton’s splendid mansion

‘Harlaxton has to be seen to be believed and even when one has seen it, it is not easy to believe it,’ wrote Mark Girouard in The Victorian Country House. It is a statement with which Jane Keightley agreed as she drove up the mile-long drive – more so once she had explored the rooms Read more…

1 June 2019

Towns’s location draws development

2019 has already brought challenges for Scunthorpe but new investments are brightening the horizons, not only for its residents but for its business and retail sectors too, as Melanie Burton discovers. Work is underway for a new retail park as well as a new business park and the town is already enjoying the benefits of Read more…

Solvitur ambulando

April to May 2019 – written on a wet morning, by Maxim Griffin. The field has no name. It’s position and boundaries are marked on the oldest Ordnance Survey maps. An unofficial path has always cut through here – I see it marked on mottled paper – 1846. On three sides there are thick hedges Read more…